Traveler ring lubricator



Aprii 23, 1935. JONES 1,999,101

TRAVELER 1mm LUBRICATOR Filed Jan. 8, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR BY m AT ORNEY TRAVELER RING LUBRICATOR Filed Jan. 8, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lav/hi0 eflmeag INVENTOR BY zmwa ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 23, 1935 UNlTED STATES- PATENT OFFICE Application January 8,

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The invention relates to a traveler ring lubricator and more especially to a self-oiling spinning or twisting ring and oil trap therefor.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a ring of this character, wherein the construction thereof is an improvement on the subject matter of Letters Patent No. 1,842,271, dated January 19, 1932, and includes an arrangement of a feed wick for the distribution of oil or lubricant to the inside and outside of the ring so that a positive and thorough lubrication is assured to the traveler in the operation of the machine.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, wherein the oil for the wick is contained so as to avoid dripping of such oil upon the material during the spinning or twisting operation and a thorough lubrication is had automatically for the traveler.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character which is simple in its makeup, thoroughly reliable and eflicient in its working, assuring automatic lubrication, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of the traveler ring rail showing the structure constituting the present invention arranged therewith.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of one of the rings.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan thereof.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 5--5 of Figure 6, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a sectional View on the line 6-6 of Figure 5,1ooking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line ll-l of Figure 6.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 7 which illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention, there is shown a portion of a spinning or twisting ring rail A, this being of conventional type and in this instance having fitted in the upper portion thereof spinning or 1934, Serial No. wears twisting rings Ill), each having its upper or top edge l 4 extended above the top face of the rail A and formed with a circular attaching flange l2 removed from said edge ll, adapted to rest, by an annular shoulder it, in a seat it in the upper face of said rail A.

The rail A, at the underside thereof, is formed with a catch or drip pan l5 underlying the bottom edge of the ring II], the pan concentrically of its open center is being formed with an upturned flange ll so as to retain its catchings.

Each ring it, at the inner periphery thereof, intermediate of its upper and lower edges, is formed with an annular groove or channel l8, while the flange E2 of said ring is provided with an annular substantially V-shaped recess H! which opens through the upper side of said flange l2 and is communicative with the groove or channel it by holes 2|]. Trained through the holes 20 and through the recess I9 about the said ring i0 is a cord-like lubricant wick ill for the feeding of lubricant to a traveler 22 as mounted upon the ring it. The oil or lubricant is introduced through an oiling hole 23 in a circular attaching plate 2d, the latter being held by fasteners 25 and overhanging the flange l2.

Disposed parallel with and beneath the plane of the rail A is an oil return tube or pipe 26 having the discharge branches 2] leading from the bottoms of the oil pans l5 so that the drippings from these pans will be let off through the branches 21 into the tube or pipe 26 and in this manner avoiding damage to the material during the spinning or twisting operation of a textile machine. The wick M is also trained through holes 28 to the grooved underside 29 of the flange l2, as will be clearly apparent from Figures 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings.

It should be apparent that automatic oiling of the traveler and the ring will be had and at the same time overflow of lubricant at the rings is entirely avoided.

What is claimed is:

1. In a traveler ring lubricator, a traveler ring having an external annular flange intermediate of its top and bottom edges, the ring being provided with openings extending from the outside to the inside faces thereof, and also opening through the upper and lower faces of said flange and an oil wick trained through said openings to be disposed exteriorly and interiorly of the ring and exposed at the top and bottom of the flange, the said ring and flange being formed with communicative ways for admitting oil to the wick.

2. In a traveler ring lubricator, a traveler ring having an external annular flange intermediate its top and bottom edges, the ring being provided with openings extending from the outside to the inside faces thereof and also through the upper 5 and lower faces of the flange, and an oil wick trained through said opening to be disposed exteriorly and interiorly 01 the ring and at the top and bottom 01 the flange, the said ring and flange being formed with communicative. ways for admitting oil to the wick, the top of the flange being formed with an annular groove constituting an oil trap and having portions of the wick exposed thereto.

LINTON JONES. 

